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Sri Lanka continental separated from the south eastern tip of peninsular India by the more than 20 m deep Palk Strait.There had been repeated land connections with India across this strait during successive glacial periods, the last being between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago when the sea level was about 120m below the present level creating a 140 km wide land bridge.
This forest encompasses an area of 36,000 hectares (88,960 acres/360 km 2). [3] The reserve is only 21 km (13 mi) from east to west, and a maximum of 7 km (4.3 mi) from north to south, but it is a treasure trove of endemic species, including trees, insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Sinharaja forest vegetation density has been ...
The protected areas that fall under supervision of the Department of Forest Conservation include forests defined in National Heritage Wilderness Area Act in 1988, forest reservations, and forests managed for sustainability. [2] Sinharaja Forest Reserve is an example for a National Heritage forest (it is also a World Heritage Site).
[2] [3] Area [2] [3] [4] km 2 mi 2; Adam’s Bridge: Northern Province: 22 June 2015: 190 73 Angammedilla: North Central Province: 6 June 2006: 75 29 Bundala: Southern Province: 4 January 1993: 62 24 Chundikkulam: Northern Province: 22 June 2015: 196 76 Delft: Northern Province: 22 June 2015: 18 7 Flood Plains: North Central Province: 7 August ...
Kanneliya–Dediyagala–Nakiyadeniya or KDN is a forest complex in southern Sri Lanka. The forest complex designated as a biosphere reserve in 2004 by UNESCO. [1] The KDN complex is the last large remaining rainforest in Sri Lanka other than Sinharaja. [2] This forest area has been identified as one of the floristically richest areas in South ...
Between 1991 and 2000, the total area of forest lost in the Amazon rose from 415,000 to 587,000 km 2 (160,000 to 227,000 sq mi), with most of the lost forest becoming pasture for cattle. [73] Seventy percent of formerly forested land in the Amazon, and 91% of land deforested since 1970, have been used for livestock pasture .
NASA satellite view of Sri Lanka revealing sparser areas of forest to the north and east of the island Deforestation is one of the most serious environmental issues in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka's current forest cover as of 2017 was 29.7%. [37] In the 1920s, the island had a 49 percent forest cover but by 2005 this had fallen by approximately 26 percent.
The Minister believed that declaring the forest as a national park would assist in minimising human-elephant conflict in the area, protect villagers' cultivations and eliminate poaching and unauthorised timber logging. [1] The creation of the park was formally ratified by gazette notification No 1735/21 on 6 December 2011.